Special Envoy for Transnational Crime Markus Lacanilao took his oath as the new chairman of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Friday, vowing to combat ‘corruption’ in the agency.
Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez officiated the ceremony at the Department of Transportation (DOTr) office in Quezon City.
Special Envoy for Transnational Crime Markus Lacanilao takes his oath as the new chair of the Land Transportation Office at the Department of Transportation in Quezon City on Friday, October 10.
After the oath-taking, Lacanilao faced the media and said that he will focus on combating corruption in the LTO.
‘First, my agenda is to fight corruption. We know the LTO, ever since we all got our licenses, registered our vehicles, there have been unnecessary fees, the people have been having a hard time. So that is the number one thing we will look into and eliminate,’ he said in Filipino.
‘Our countrymen can count on it, especially when it comes to the rollout of license plates, which is our usual problem. We know that there are still many of our countrymen who want to get their license plates and then their licenses right away, so we will see how we can speed that up even more,’ he added
Lacanilao succeeds Atty. Vigor Mendoza II, who was appointed chair of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
Mendoza, in turn, replaced Teofilo Guadiz III, who has been assigned as chair of the Office of Transport Cooperatives.
At a press briefing prior to the oath-taking, Lopez said he has no insight into the reasons behind the leadership changes at DOTr and emphasized that he does not need to ask President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about the recent appointments./mcm /mr